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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Delete all files with specific extension in directory tree Post 302816063 by MadeInGermany on Monday 3rd of June 2013 08:45:37 AM
Old 06-03-2013
Further, the -exec file {} \; -exec rm -i {} \; is tailored for interactive use,
while -type f -exec rm -f {} \; is tailored for scripts.

BTW -delete is a new option in new find versions. Would be more efficient if thousands of files are deleted.
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setpgrp(1)							   User Commands							setpgrp(1)

NAME
setpgrp - set process group ID SYNOPSIS
setpgrp command [arg...] DESCRIPTION
If the current process is not already a session leader, the setpgrp utility sets the process group ID and session ID to the current process ID and does an exec() of command and its argument(s), if any. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: command The name of a command to be invoked. arg An option or argument to command. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 1 Error executing the setpgrp utility or during exec() of command. Otherwise, the exit status will be that of command. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
exec(2), setpgrp(2), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 5 Jan 2000 setpgrp(1)
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